Urban art

Urban art

:"For the German and Polish art duo see Urban Art (group)"

Urban art is a style of art that relates to cities and city life often done by artists who live in or have a passion for city life. The term urban means "from the city". Sometimes Urban art is called "street art".

Notable Urban Artists

*Banksy [cite news | author=Jennifer Hill | title=Urban art: laughing all the way to the Banksy? | url=http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINL1258575320080612 | publisher=Reuters | date=June 12 2008 | accessdate=2008-06-27]

ee Also

*Graffiti
*Urban culture

Notes and references

External links

*http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/realestate/25deal3.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=%22urban+art%22&st=nyt&oref=slogin
*http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINL1258575320080612
*http://www.berlinista.com/en/article/urban-affairs-streetart-berlin-2008/6141
*http://www.urbanartsmagazine.com/


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